Re: PROV-ISSUE-180 (TLebo): defaults to prov:steps="n" causes issue in PROV-O [prov-dm]

Hi Tim,

How do you map prov:steps to prov-o?  Your mapping could require this 
property
to be mandatory, and not rely on a default value.

Is this really a prov-dm issue?

Best regards,
Luc

On 12/02/2011 07:28 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> PROV-ISSUE-180 (TLebo): defaults to prov:steps="n" causes issue in PROV-O [prov-dm]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/180
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> Raised by: Timothy Lebo
> On product: prov-dm
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> Imposing a "default" value for prov:steps will cause issues in PROV-O, which embraces the open world.
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> > From [1]:
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> "It is optional to include the attribute prov:steps in an imprecise-n derivation record. It defaults to prov:steps="n"."
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> An OWL axiom such as "imprecise-n derivation records must have values of prov:step that are integers greater than 1" can be done, and if an instance of Derivation is typed to "imprecise-n derivation record", then one knows that it has more than one step -- even when no prov:step has been asserted.
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> If this OWL approach is taken, would we be violating the DM's "It defaults to prov:steps="n"."?
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> Thanks,
> Tim
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> [1] http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/tip/model/ProvenanceModel.html#Derivation-Relation
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